Ilija Trifunovic-Bircanin

Ilija Trifunovic-Bircanin (1877-3 February 1943) was a commander of the Chetniks during World War II.

Biography
Ilija Trifuonvic-Bircanin was born in Topola, Principality of Serbia, and he was a veteran of the Balkan Wars and World War I. During World War II, he emerged as a leader of the Chetniks, but in 1941 he began collaborating with the Royal Italian Army against Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslav Partisans, and in October 1942 he massacred 500 Bosnians in Prozor. On 3 February 1943, he died of poor health in Split.